[2025 Hong Kong Restaurant] Travel Guide for UMAI (Updated Apr)

It’s been a long time since I had dinner with my hotpot friends! So we planned to have a big dinner together this evening at a Japanese restaurant that we both love. The location is UMAI, a restaurant we often go to. We like the fact that the place is big and full of Japanese style, and the food is of high quality but affordable, so we have to come here for pilgrimage every once in a while. First, order a plate of grilled Shizuoka sardine fry crispy for $68 as an appetizer. The crispy sardine fry is super delicious. Friends who like to drink a few glasses of wine must order it to enjoy with wine. For salad, we ordered the Pelican Salad $88, which contains tuna, potatoes, egg salad and salad vegetables. It is very rich and the taste is very satisfying when mixed together! The Wild Vegetable Tiansheng at $118 includes pumpkin, sweet potato, green pepper, mushrooms, etc.! Fried thinly and crispy enough and not greasy at all, the standard is still high. Then of course we had to try the eel tamagoyaki $78. The smooth egg rolls were cooked to the perfect degree and the grilled eel was hidden inside. The texture and flavor were perfectly matched and it was delicious. The grilled thick tofu is $68 and comes in soy sauce and bonito flavors. It is grilled until the skin is chewy and the inside is tender and smooth. It is super delicious and you will never get tired of it. Then there are the charcoal-grilled Japanese eel skewers, the fish meat has a firm texture and a sweet and fragrant taste. I think the taste is more delicious and attractive than the grilled eel. This dish of salt-grilled Awa chicken thighs for $108 has crispy skin and tender and juicy chicken inside. It tastes very tempting when paired with yuzu pepper sauce. For rolls, I chose the medium tuna roll for $128 and the udon roll for $78 to share. The former is rich in oil and full of fish flavor, while the latter is full of ingredients and has a special taste. Both have their own fans and I like the medium tuna roll with full fish oil. For the main course, I had a Umaikama rice for $248, which contained scallops, sea urchin, crab meat, scallops, salmon and salmon roe. The rice grains were filled with the fresh taste of the sea water and had just the right texture. The rich seafood made me very moved. For dessert, we got the crystal clear Mizu Shingen Cake for $48. The raindrop cake was as transparent as crystal and smooth as it melted in the mouth. It was sprinkled with soybean powder and drizzled with black sugar syrup and tasted sweet and pleasant. Our group of five spent three hours happily like this. We have already agreed to have hotpot and play with lanterns together again on Mid-Autumn Festival. We are really looking forward to it.

"Umai 牡丹舞" at D2 place 1 in Lai Chi Kok has been open for 13 years and has always been popular among diners. It has a good reputation and high food quality. My friends and I have visited it many times. This time, we are introducing the Omakase chef-prepared tempura set menu, which is prepared by chef Hirotaka Hikita, who has over 40 years of experience in tempura cooking and is the first generation of Japanese tempura chef in Hong Kong. He insists on using high-quality seasonal ingredients from Japan and eats them in season. For example, fried shrimp tempura also uses live Japanese shrimps. Not only is the frying batter thin and transparent, but the control of the frying batter and oil temperature is very strict, and it can even achieve close to zero oil content, which is worthy of praise. The appetizer "Hokkaido Scallops with Wasabi Pickle and Conger Eel Cooked with Sansho" has a sweet taste of scallops and a pungent smell of wasabi, which is refreshing and appetizing. The conger eel is also fresher and has a fishy flavor. "Shizuoka Prefecture Fruit Tomatoes" are full of water and have a sweet and crisp taste. The "Oily Goldfish Sashimi" has firm texture, sweet and fragrant taste, and rich oil content. The chef starts making tempura The first dish, "Local Fresh Flower Prawns x 2 pieces", was fried with a very thin batter. The flower prawns were super fresh, the shrimp meat was chewy, and even the shrimp heads and shells were fried very crispy, with a crunchy texture. The second dish is "Tokyo Sand Cone Fish". Sand Cone fish has extremely high nutritional value, the meat is thick and boneless, and it is tender and delicious. The third dish, "Gantai", is fried until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with the fish scales slightly curled up, crispy, fragrant and delicious. The fourth dish, "Australian Abalone", has tender and chewy texture, a sweet and rich taste, and a strong abalone flavor. The fifth dish, "Chiba Prefecture Sea Eel", has particularly tender and smooth fish meat. When you take a bite, you can taste strands of fibers and a faint fish fragrance. You can't taste any fish bones and the taste is delicate. The sixth dish is "Japanese Pumpkin Sweet Potato". The pumpkin is soft and sweet, and the sweet potato is sweet and smooth, with moderate sweetness. The seventh dish, "Fried Shrimp Cake Rice", has a generous portion of tempura shrimp cakes, and the shrimp meat is fresh and fragrant. Paired with the secret sauce, it is truly a great treat to eat with rice. "Steamed foie gras and sea urchin" The steamed egg is tender and smooth, and the foie gras and sea urchin enhance the flavor. The last dessert was "Sesame Ice Cream", which had a rich black sesame flavor. After eating the hot food, it was perfect to have a cup of ice cream. #foodie #HongKongFood #hkfoodie #hkfoodblogger

First taste of tempura Omakase🤩 With more than 40 years of experience, the former Peninsula Chef, the first generation of Japanese 🇯🇵 tempura master personally cooked, and can enjoy the cooking process in a separate room, really happy 🥰🥰🥰 “Lunch Chef’s Preparation” – Plum $680 White rice fish, Hokkaido mussels with Wasabi dip Shizuoka Prefecture Fruit Tomatoes Oil goldfish sashimi Steamed egg with goose liver and seaweed Tomatoes 🍅 fresh and refreshing; sashimi flesh color is clear, sweet and fragrant; steamed egg open to see fresh seaweed and fried golden goose liver, then with tender steamed egg, melt in the mouth 😌 very surprised ❤️ 🔥 Tempura Fresh flower bamboo shrimp x 2🍤 Tokyo sand cone fish Iwate Prefecture oysters Sea trout Japanese sweet potato Maitake mushroom Fried shrimp cake rice Using Japanese🇯🇵 high-quality seasonal ingredients, the fried dough is thin and transparent, and it doesn't feel greasy. Of course, there is no shortage of tempura shrimp 🍤 and fried shrimp cake. The shrimp meat is fresh and sweet and tender. The shrimp cake is added with vanilla, which is great with rice 🫶🏻🫶🏻 Address: Wuwu Shop 2, G/F, D2 Place, 9 Cheung Yi Street, Lai Chi Kok

Pelican Dance (Lai Chi Kok) The Japanese restaurant "UMAI" located in Lai Chi Kok recently teamed up with the "Miyazaki Prefectural Government Hong Kong Office of Japan" to launch a Miyazaki limited cuisine menu. It is very unique and uses Miyazaki specialties to make different delicacies, such as wagyu beef, sashimi, vegetables, etc. The ingredients and taste are quite surprising! ✨「Umai」Miyazaki specialties limited edition dishes✨ ▪️Japanese green pepper spicy meat miso The green pepper is refreshing and sweet, without any bitterness. It is paired with minced pork miso, which tastes spicy and sweet. It tastes great with the green pepper. ▪️"Miyazaki Tsumoto-style live show" mature room eight with Kyushu thick soy sauce Surprisingly delicious, thick cut mature fish, rich in fish oil and very plump, full of freshness 😋 ▪️Robotayaki Miyazaki Sadohara Jade Eggplant The eggplant is soft and sweet, and paired with the delicious barbecue sauce and shredded bonito, it tastes sweet and fresh. ▪️Sanyuan pork salad with Miyazaki Hyuga Natsuhei vinegar sauce The cooked Sanyuan pork tastes fresh and delicious, paired with fresh salad and special vinegar sauce, the taste is sour and sweet, which makes people's appetite grow 👍 ▪️「Miyazaki specialty」grilled meat roll rice ball A must-try recommendation. The outer layer of pork is grilled to perfection, the meat is juicy and the sauce is very tasty. The rice inside is slightly burnt and absorbs the flavor of the sun-dried meat. It is delicious. ▪️"Wagyu Olympic Champion" A4 Miyazaki Beef Fillet Sandwich Crispy toast is sandwiched between Wagyu beef fillet, which is cooked to medium rare. It is very juicy and tender. The quality of the beef is very high, with a strong beef flavor, super delicious! ▪️Miyazaki Honey Ripened Sweet Potato Tempura with Vanilla Ice Cream The outer layer of the sweet potato is wrapped in tempura batter, which is fragrant and crispy, while the inner sweet potato is soft and tender, and very sweet. It is perfect with the flavor of vanilla ice cream. 🏠Pelican Dance (Lai Chi Kok) 📍Shop G02, G/F, D2 Place ONE, 9 Cheung Yee Street, Lai Chi Kok #udanwu #miyazaki cuisine #miyazaki prefecture, japan #umaihk #Japanese food #Japanese food in Lai Chi Kok #Delicious food in Lai Chi Kok #Lai Chi Kok #VisitMiyazaki #宫崎祭 #kol #koc #foodkol #foodkoc #blogger #hkfoodie #food #foodie #foodlover #hkfood #hkfoodblogger #foods #香港美食 #摄食首 #吃好每天晚 ... #Lonely Gourmet #Common Women’s Gourmet Series

- UMAI Pelican Dance 🍣 Last time I ate Umi's tempura, the chef was surprised On the other hand, there is also a sushi chef who has 20 years of cooking experience. The chef is Ma, who has worked in many Michelin-starred Japanese restaurants. It is rare to get such high quality chef-made food within $1000. It is worth a try🌟 🍣 "Heron" Set ($980/pp) Includes appetizer, 3 seasonal sashimi, grilled food, 3 seasonal sushi, Sea urchin rice, hand rolls, miso soup and dessert Umi sushi uses Akita Komachi rice with moderate viscosity This rice is famous for its fragrance and high quality. The rice grains are slightly sticky and elastic. 🥬 Appetizer + Cooked shrimp with eggplant and homemade plum sauce + Okinawa Mizuku with Sea Urchin 🐟 Sashimi + Miyazaki Tsumoto-style flathead fish with homemade Nanko plum wine sour sauce The fish is aged in the Miyazaki Tsumoto style. The flathead fish is aged for 7 days. Blood pulling = the process of bleeding to remove blood from the fish to reduce the fishy smell and extend the shelf life Makes the fish meat more delicious and has a better taste. The taste is lighter but rich in fish oil. The more you eat it, the more fishy it tastes. Paired with homemade plum juice and lime peel, it is even more delicious. In addition, it is accompanied by sea grapes and kelp to add salty flavor. I personally recommend ordering more juice and other ingredients to make it more delicious and richer in flavor. + Miyazaki Tsumoto-style aged bonito with yuzu vinegar Use bonito that has been aged for 3 days. The surface is cooked until it is half-cooked, but the inside is still rosy. The fish itself is rich in fat and has a strong flavor. It tastes sweet when eaten. The special thing about this place is that it uses special wild vegetable yuzu vinegar to balance the taste of bonito. The taste is refreshing and the subtle sweet and sour taste of Li Daibu is refreshing The innovative way of eating makes Li Zhongji taste great 🌟🌟🌟 Like it! + Kagoshima cute mackerel with smoked cheese and fried scallions The late mackerel from Nagashima Town, Kagoshima is a "cute" dialect Rich in fat and sweetness, served with smoked cheese, shiso leaves and fried scallions I personally like this one very much. It has a smoky, salty and fresh taste. It tastes good. 🐟Seasonal grilled fish - Wakayama fresh young sweetfish The sweetfish is famous for its rich water content and tender taste. It feeds on stream microorganisms. Umi uses tender ayu and retains its internal organs to bring out the sweet flavor. The sweetness is more prominent when the internal organs are cooked together. It is crispy and not greasy when eaten. Served with sour sauce. The fish meat is very slippery, but it is recommended to eat with caution as there are many young bones. 🍣 Sushi + Deep sea pond fish with monkfish liver sauce The fish itself is fat, tender and has a smooth and sweet taste🤩 The oily aroma of the small anglerfish liver paste has already added a lot of flavor to the pond fish. + Pike with plum sauce The pike is rich in fat, the meat is delicious and tender, and the texture is soft after roasting. The fish skin is fragrant after being roasted, and the plum sauce balances the fat and tastes good. + Anago Sushi I usually don't like pussies, but this time I completely changed my mind. It tastes much better than usual. First burn incense on the left hole to force out the fat and dry it with grapefruit peel The meat is very soft and tender, not mushy, and has a rich flavor. 🍚 Sea urchin rice The chef mixes a lot of sea urchins into the rice in advance. Each grain of sushi rice is permeated with the taste of sea urchin, with a sweet and savory taste and a rich texture Paired with salmon roe, it brings out a rich taste and rich flavor This time we use Genbei rice with a stronger salty taste and a more sour vinegar taste and Edomae red vinegar rice It can better show the freshness of sea urchin and the taste is more delicate. It's amazing🌟 🍣 Toro Hand Scroll I personally like this scroll a lot. In addition to the left one, there is also a full drag Luo Rong Mixed with crispy tempura and shiso leaves to make the whole taste richer🥰 🍲 Soup + Clam miso soup - really big clams cooked just right, very tasty 🍈 Dessert - Shizuoka Melon - 📍Pelican Dance (Lai Chi Kok) Shop G02, G/F, D2 Place ONE, 9 Cheung Yee Street, Lai Chi Kok - #lamchelin #laichikokfood #chefs #SpecialFood #foodphotography #100WaysToTravel

🌟Restaurant: 鵜舞 📍Address: Shop 2, G/F, D2 Place ONE, 9 Cheung Yi Street, Lai Chi Kok 💰Price: ~$200 - $400 ⏰Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday 12:00 - 15:00 / 18:00 - 23:00 📱Tel: 2743 8011 Friends who know me know that I love Japanese-style izakaya. Recently, "Ei Dance" Izakaya joined forces with the Kagoshima Prefecture Agriculture Department's Agricultural Affairs Section to launch a Kagoshima limited menu, focusing on Japanese winter's delicious eel, tender Kagoshima tea pork and Japan's premier Kagoshima Wagyu. ————————————————— 🔹Kagoshima Tuna Sashimi Kagoshima oily fish is rich in fat, the meat is tender, the mouth is rich and fresh! ————————————————— 🔹Kagoshima King Snapper Sushi The bream from Kagoshima has a pink and tender meat, a firm and crisp mouthfeel, and a fresh and fragrant taste! ————————————————— 🔹 Tea-American Pork Kumquat Salad The salad is fresh and crispy, the top layer is covered with a generous portion of Kagoshima Chamei Pork, full of layers! Chamei Pork is rich in meat flavor, tender and juicy, and evenly distributed in fat. ————————————————— 🔹Kagoshima-produced sweet potatoes and Kagoshima-produced mud squid tempura One of the signature dishes of "Yu Wu" is the tempura prepared by a Japanese chef! First, I tried the sweet potato tempura from Kagoshima. The sweet potato is crispy and sweet and delicious. Add a little salt to enhance the sweetness! Another Kagoshima-produced mud squid tempura, the texture is very smooth and tender, the mouth is slightly smoky, enough freshness! ————————————————— 🔹 Miso tea pork belly crispy rice and seaweed roll The dishes are exquisitely presented and beautifully presented! The lower layer has crispy rice noodles and seaweed, and then added the tea-mei pork belly marinated in miso. ————————————————— 🔹Grilled Kagoshima Half Raw Wagyu Rib Eye This Kagoshima Wagyu beef rib eye is tender and juicy, and the restaurant offers three sauces, including lemon, Japanese barbecue sauce and grapefruit mustard. ————————————————— 🔹Tea Mei Pork Pot Finally, of course, enjoy this hot and fragrant Tea Pork Pot, so satisfied enough! The bottom of the pot is added with Japanese onions, mushrooms, mushrooms, smooth tofu and baby cabbage. ————————————————— 🔹Shui Xin Xuan Cake Finally, of course, try the Japanese water Shingen cake to finish! ————————————————— 😋Taste: 4/5 🏢Environment: 4/5 💁🏻‍♀️Service: 4/5 💵Price: 4/5 🤟🏻 Value for money: 4/5 ————————————————— 👅 Overall summary The restaurant offers limited edition Kagoshima cuisine with seasonal ingredients, which fully reflects the charm of Kagoshima cuisine. The restaurant is decorated in Japanese izakaya style and the environment is full of rich Japanese fishing village flavor.

Tonight I ate Japanese food. I invited my friends to go to Yuwu to eat Kagoshima limited dishes. I ate sashimi, sushi, tempura, hot pot, and of course my favorite beautiful wagyu beef. Finally, I was a bit unsatisfied with the dessert! This restaurant is good overall, the food is good, the service is ok, go to open nearby night can try it 鵜舞 (Lai Chi Kok) Shop 2, G/F, D2 Place ONE, 9 Cheung Yi Street, Lai Chi Kok

In addition to being a great place to travel, Kagoshima actually has a lot of delicious food. People in Hong Kong are very lucky to be able to taste Kagoshima's delicacies without having to travel far. This evening, my father, I and my good friends had a dinner together at UMAI! It's a good time to try the restaurant's new Kagoshima-exclusive dishes. The location of UMAI izakaya is very convenient, and the restaurant atmosphere is very lively, making it perfect for gatherings with friends. There are many dishes to choose from at the Kagoshima Prefecture Agricultural Administration Department Agricultural Administration Division x Umai Kagoshima limited edition cuisine. We each picked out some of our favorites to taste tonight. The first dishes to arrive were salads, sashimi and sushi, each of which sparkled and called out to us. First try the Cha Mei Pork and Kumquat Salad $88! This tea pork is raised on green tea powder and sweet potatoes and is more precious than black pork. The pork is tender and has no residue, and the taste is fragrant but not smelly. Paired with sweet kumquats that can be eaten with the skin, this salad is very refreshing and delicious. The hamachi sashimi $88/3 slice is Che Baba’s first choice of sashimi. The thick and tender hamachi is very fragrant and leaves a mouthful of aroma that is unforgettable. The king tai sushi is $38/piece and has a bright color. It is soft, tender, delicious and full of freshness. Next up was the small and exquisite squid tempura for $96, with four pieces in one serving, just enough for us to share! The taste is smoky and delicious, and it is really not enough to eat one piece. Sweet Potato Tempura $20/2 pieces The taro is cooked in tempura style, with a thin layer of tempura batter wrapping the sweet sweet potato. It is so delicious that it makes me, a sweet potato fan, super satisfied. The soup of this $148 Cha Mei Pork Hotpot is very sweet, and it is filled with plenty of wild vegetables and pork with a strong meaty flavor. It really warms the heart to taste this dish in the winter. Now the next two exquisitely presented meat dishes arrived, including Kagoshima Wagyu and Chamei Pork. Miso tea pork belly crispy rice and seaweed roll $148, super rich texture! The meat of the Chamei pork is tender and becomes more fragrant after being roasted. It tastes even better when paired with sweet miso and crispy rice seaweed. The medium-rare Kagoshima Wagyu rib-eye is $298. Mr. Che said that the meat is rich in flavor, tender and delicious. Friends who are beef fans really need to order it to taste! Finally, our dessert was the crystal clear Mizu Shingen Mochi $48, which had the sweet taste of brown sugar and was soft and melt-in-the-mouth. It was even more appealing when paired with kinako powder. The limited-time menu of the Agricultural Administration Division of the Kagoshima Prefecture Agricultural Administration Department x Umai Kagoshima will be available from now until February 29th.

I was talking to a friend about which restaurants in Lai Chi Kok have good quality and high standards. I personally recommend D2 place "Umai 鵜舞". This Japanese restaurant has been in business for many years and is very popular with diners. It is always full and requires a reservation to eat. They have Japanese workplace experts stationed, not only food from Japan airlifted to Hong Kong, but also eat Japanese master cooking skills, simply super Japanese flavor ichiban! This time I came to have a beautiful lunch, the lunch set has many styles, with main course, appetizer and soup. The first choice is "Shrimp Cake Rice" The tempura shrimp cake is generous in portion, and the shrimp meat is fresh and fragrant. It's super satisfying to eat the shrimp meat every bite. Another recommendation is the "Tempura Don" with shrimp, Tokyo sand cone fish and fruits and vegetables, etc., each fried food is not greasy, and super tasty, great for eating. "Salt Grilled Apo Tail Chicken Leg" The evil chicken skin is crispy and delicious, the chicken leg is smooth and has a chicken flavor, so delicious that you can't stop eating it. "Grilled Thick Tofu" The skin of the tofu absorbs the sauce, and the inner layer is extremely soft and tender. It's super delicious! "Hiroshima Oyster Spring Rolls" is a popular choice, a must-try! The outer layer is crispy and fragrant, and the inner Hiroshima oysters are very tender. I chose two sodas, a cup of "White Peach Soda" and "Litchi Soda". The white peach is refreshing and the lychee is sweet. #foodie #hkfoodie #hkfoodblogger

🦩鵜Dance A store worth recommending The dance is run by Japanese chefs Hiroshi Kawada and Homa Shimoda Evening market izakaya 10 kinds of seasonal sashimi 😗👍🏻 Super fresh Japanese direct imported oysters🦪 have no fishy taste and are very fresh and creamy Beef tongue🐮Chicken cartilage Angus beefvery juicy😋😋😋 ‼ ️‼ ️ Highlight recommendation Hokkaido-produced matsutake crab Kabu Rice is very tasty super much crab meat It is made of iron utensils to put the rice inside once opened is hot but the preparation takes 40 minutes wait is relatively naive, but very tasty 😋 Highly recommended 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Japanese dumplings, the crust is very crispy 😋😋 Finally, the water Shingen cake is also delicious😗 💲HKD4700 for 6 people😋 🏡Shop 2, G/F, D2 Place, 9 Cheung Yi Street, Lai Chi Kok ☎️2743 8011 or 2743 8266 #Septembervlog #LocalTour #foodie #Eleven ConsumptionVoucher

I often eat sushi and sashimi chef’s dishes, but have you ever tried tempura chef’s dishes? I recently learned that •🇯🇵牡舞𝕌𝕞𝕒𝕚• in Lai Chi Kok has launched a tempura chef’s dishes that are rare in Hong Kong, so I will bring my friends to try it~ 𝕌𝕞𝕒𝕚 うまい, in Japanese, means pelican dance and delicious food. This izakaya designed with the theme of the alley of Shinjuku West Exit Station in Tokyo, not only has first-class decoration and atmosphere, but also meticulously selected ingredients😆, and there are a large number of Japanese chefs in charge of cooking, which makes me look forward to the dishes that night~ "Dinner Tempura Chef's Dessert 🍤 $1180/person" The chef's breakfast that night was prepared by a Japanese chef, and the flavor was guaranteed to be authentic. It included appetizers, salads, sashimi, 8 types of tempura, vinegar, tempura rice and desserts. Appetizers include white rice with fish, Hokkaido scallops with wasabi pickle and smoked duck breast. The crispy scallops are seasoned with mustard, which makes them more stimulating😙. The duck breast is tender and sweet, and it tastes even better with some mustard seeds. Shizuoka Prefecture fruit tomatoes 🍅, crispy and sweet fruit tomatoes, I always like to eat them!!! Nine-stewed fish thinly sliced ​​sashimi🐟, the sweetness of the fish meat penetrates when chewing, refreshing and delicious. Then came the highlight 😈, the tempura was on the stage! Japanese Tokyo Flower Bamboo Shrimp🍤, Flower Bamboo Shrimp with rich shrimp flavor, chewy and fresh, delicious~ Tokyo Eye Fish🐟, the eye fish with delicate and sweet meat is a surprise~ Kyushu Taidao Fish🐟, the meat is thick and firm, the fish flavor will be a little stronger! Hokkaido Nemuro Sea Urchin😍! Crispy and delicious fried seaweed, paired with super sweet sea urchin, one cold and one hot, who doesn’t love it~ Japanese Ibaraki Prefecture giant clam tempura, pre-seasoned giant clams with a soy sauce flavor, good~ Chiba Prefecture Conger eel 🥳, I love eating conger eel so much, my heart is popping out! The fish meat is fresh and fragrant, and the taste is solid, I love it~ The fried shrimp cake rice 😏 at the end also won my heart 🤣! The rice is seasoned with sauce, and you can eat any bowl. The dessert is Japanese Shikoku melon 🍈, juicy and sweet. •